Development of "Yima Nkqo," a community-based, peer group intervention to support treatment initiation for young adults with HIV in South Africa.
Maria F NardellSiyaxolisa SindeloElzette RousseauNomakaziwe SikoPamela FuzileRobin JuliesIngrid V BassettClaude A MellinsLinda-Gail BekkerLisa M ButlerIngrid T KatzPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Iteratively developed in collaboration with youth and healthcare providers, Yima Nkqo is a promising new intervention to improve treatment uptake among young adults with HIV in South Africa. The next phase will be a pilot randomized controlled trial of Yima Nkqo (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04568460).